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concise

[kuhn-sahys] / kənˈsaɪs /


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Abel gave long, winding answers to many questions and could benefit from being more concise.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

But the British Sight and Sound top-10 critics poll, issued every 10 years, has remained a concise standard that’s taken seriously.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

After a brief pause, he gave a concise answer: "They have to be flawless."

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

More recently, he has been pushing a concise campaign message — “Back to Basics” — and launched a nonprofit policy organization by the same name to promote his ideas statewide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

On January 15, 1934, the journal Physical Review published a very concise abstract of a presentation that had been conducted by Zwicky and Baade the previous month at Stanford University.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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